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Pharma Fridays – March 15

An Endocrine News roundup of the week’s pharmaceutical news, breakthroughs, and general information. * Topline Results Announced for CAH Studies On March 13, Spruce Biosciences announced topline results from its CAHmelia-203 study of tildacerfont in adult classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and its CAHptain-205 study of tildacerfont in pediatric classic CAH. Spruce is investigating tildacerfont,...
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Bariatric Surgery Linked to Cardiovascular Improvements in People with Severe Obesity

Bariatric surgery may result in significant cardiometabolic improvements, particularly among younger, female, or white people and those without comorbidities, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. The United States has the highest obesity rates globally. In 2017 – 2018, about 40% of U.S. adults had obesity and 9% had severe obesity. The prevalence is...
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Laurence Katznelson, MD, Named Vice Dean, Medical Education at Cedars-Sinai

Laurence Katznelson Laurence Katznelson, MD, a national leader in graduate medical education and a distinguished physician-scientist in endocrinology and metabolism, will join Cedars-Sinai as vice dean of Medical Education on May 1. Katznelson will oversee Cedars-Sinai’s Graduate Medical Education, Continuing Medical Education, the Women’s Guild Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Skills, the Chuck Lorre School of Allied Health, and...
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Endocrine Society Celebrates Special Diabetes Program Extension

The Endocrine Society applauds Congress for approving the first funding increase for the Special Diabetes Program in two decades. The U.S. Senate voted Friday March 8 to extend the program, which supports both diabetes care and research into type 1 diabetes, until the end of 2024. This is part of the six-bill package funding several...
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Kids n’ Play: What Can Be Done About Pediatric Dyslipidemia?

EN March 24 Cover Children who are physically inactive may have high cholesterol in early adulthood and subsequent heart health issues in their mid-forties, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Study author Andrew O. Agbaje, MD, MPH, FESC, talks to Endocrine News about the study’s findings, the arbitrary nature of some guidelines,...
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Pharma Fridays – March 8, 2024

An Endocrine News roundup of the week’s pharmaceutical news, breakthroughs, and general information. * Sandoz Receives FDA Approval for Denosumab Biosimilars On March 5, Sandoz announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Wyost® (denosumab-bbdz) and Jubbonti® (denosumab-bbdz), the first and only FDA-approved denosumab biosimilars, to treat all indications of the reference medicines.  Keren Haruvi,...